Backfire Jim

Playing with a new cartridge tomorrow. Can you guess it?

Survey for our next video: (1) What make/model of rifle do you have (2) Score it 1 (terrible) through 10 (awesome) on if you'd recommend it to a friend. We can't use your comment if you don't give a specific score. (3) What's one thing you wish were different about the rifle?

I have SO many questions.

Scopemate is a new competitor to Triggercam. We reviewed it on YouTube and showed the view through the scope with it on. The Scopemate people stalked me down and sent this (pretty abrupt) text with a screenshot of the video.

My 17 year-old built an AI agent that logs into Canvas, check his assignments, does the homework and turns it in for him. Is he (1) not learning and needs to stop using AI, or (2) do teachers need to give students work that matters in an AI world?

MDT just bought Lone Peak Arms that makes high-end actions. Perhaps getting ready to put the two together and make their own rifle?

5-shot groups need to be made extinct in the gun industry. I shot four 5-shot groups on each of FIFTY rifles. Measure the biggest and smallest group for each gun to see if it's a consistent test. There was a 0.6" average difference between biggest and smallest 5-shot group (on mostly hunting rifles). The test simply isn't consistent. 5 shot groups are meaningless. You'll chase your tail in load development with 5-shot groups, you'll drive yourself crazy when a rifle shoots great one day and terrible the next. It's not precision—it's statistical roulette. 20-shot groups are usually what's required to make decent decisions about rifle precision, but sometimes even more are needed to really draw any conclusion.

Dinner with Erik Cortina and Gavin from Ultimate Reloader. Love hanging out with these guys.

Two masked morons sawed off KUIU’s giant bronze bighorn sheep statue, hauled it to their tiny blue Dodge Charger… and discovered physics hates bad ideas. $5k reward if you spot two dudes trying to sell “freshly liberated yard sheep” with saw marks.

Hunting influencer Ryan Lampers is charged with illegally taking game. I don’t know the truth so I won’t judge until the facts come out, but I do know it’s never worth your integrity to try and sneak a little advantage. Remember, men.

Thank you all! So grateful for your support for our little business. 1 million subscribers is crazy.

Tested 50+ hunting rifles: 20-shot groups (cooled after every 5 shots). Only 7 rifles put all 20 shots in a 1 MOA circle. If you shoot a 3 or 5 shot group that is 1 MOA, keep in mind that 30% of your shots may land outside a 1 MOA circle. Important for hunters to understand.